Metronom

Bucharest, 1972. Ana, 17, dreams of love and freedom. One night, while partying with her friends, they decide to send a letter to Metronom, the musical program that Radio Free Europe broadcasts clandestinely in Romania. It is then that the Securitate, Ceausescu’s secret police, arrives... A film that started several years ago as a documentary and turned into a personal foray into adolescence and into the teenager’s life in a not-so-distant Romania.

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Direction: Alexandru Belc

Script: Alexandru Belc

Cinematography: Tudor Vladimir Panduru

Editing: Patricia Chelaru

Sound: Răzvan Ionescu, Juliene Blasco

Actors: Mara Bugarin, Șerban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Călin, Andreea Bibiri, Alina Berzunțeanu, Mara Vicol

Production: Strada Films, Midralgar, Chainsaw Europe Studio

Producers: Cătălin Mitulescu, Ruxandra Slotea, Viorel Chesaruâ, Martine Vidalenc, Emmanuel Quillet

Costumes: Ioana Covalcic

Sets: Bogdan Ionescu

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Romania, France

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 103΄

Distribution in Greece: Cinobo

Contact: Pyramide International

Awards/Distinctions: Best Director (Un Certain Regard) – Cannes IFF 2022, Best International Film – Jerusalem IFF 2022

Alexandru Belc

Alexandru Belc was born in 1980 in Romania. He graduated from the Bucharest Film School in 2007 and obtained a master’s degree in political sciences in 2012. During his studies, he made several short films and documentaries. He then worked as an Assistant Director for Corneliu Porumboiu and Cristian Mungiu. He worked as a script supervisor on Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 1 Day (Palme d’Or in 2007). His first feature documentary, March 8th, about women in the workplace, screened in numerous international festivals in 2013. His second feature documentary, Cinema My Love, a portrait of a Romanian art-house exhibitor, was distributed by Outplay Films in France and released in theaters in May 2017. Metronom, his first fiction film, was screened in the Official Selection (Un Certain Regard) at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.